The City of Albuquerque proposes to achieve a sustainable drinking water supply through
the direct diversion and consumption of its San Juan-Chama (SJC) Water taken from the Rio
Grande. Two projects have been proposed to directly divert the City's SJC water: a largescale
drinking water project; and, a nonpotable supply project. The nonpotable project
consists of Radial Collectors at a depth of about 50 feet below the Rio Grande and "In-River"
Collectors at about 20 below the Rio Grande diverting water from the Rio Grande to supply
nonpotable irrigation water to large turf areas in Northeast Albuquerque. Field efforts prior
to construction included numerous borings and several aquifer tests. In addition, a small-scale
finite element model was developed to simulate potential system performance. These
efforts led to construction of the Radial Collectors in 2003. The system is currently
operational with additional infrastructure being constructed to serve users. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 06/17/2004 |
